Bruce Bartlett (a Republican) does a pretty good job defusing myths and fears about the federal debt at What is the National Debt? He still misses how a deficit is necessary to ensure an adequate money supply without forcing the private sector to go into increasing debt, but overall good job. No monsters here, so … Continue reading Interesting Stuff – Good Stuff This Week
Day: March 10, 2010
Unemployment in Michigan (the others are catching up)
From Calculated Risk today. The state unemployment numbers for February are out. Michigan, not surprisingly, still leads with 14.3%. But, and I think this is the important part, Michigan is losing it's lead. 6--10 months ago, Michigan was recording unemployment in the mid-15%'s. That was the highest in the nation and easily 3-4 points higher … Continue reading Unemployment in Michigan (the others are catching up)
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